1. Overview of cardiovascular molecular imaging / Andrea Pichler and David Piwnica-Worms -- 2. PET/microPET imaging / Yuan-Chuan Tai -- 3. SPECT/microSPECT imaging / Lars R. Furenlid, Zhonglin Liu, and Harrison H. Barrett -- 4. Imaging of microvascular systems with micro-CT / Erik L. Ritman -- 5. Targeted MRI / Susan B. Yeon. [et al.] -- 6. Molecular and cellular imaging with targeted contrast ultrasound / Carolyn Z. Behm and Jonathan R. Lindner -- 7. Intravascular radiation detectors to detect vulnerable atheroma in the coronary arteries / Daniel Pryma, Bradley E. Patt, and H. William Strauss -- 8. Intravascular ultrasound for molecular imaging / Matthew O'Donnell -- 9. Optical coherence tomography for imaging the vulnerable plaque / Guillermo J. Tearney, Ik-Kyung Jang, and Brett E. Bouma -- 10. Cardiovascular molecular imaging : overview of cardiac reporter gene imaging / Joseph C. Wu and Sanjiv S. Gambhir -- 11. In-vivo imaging of transgene expression using the herpesviral thymidine kinase reporter gene / Frank M. Bengel -- 12. Optical cardiovascular imaging / Crystal M. Ripplinger, Guy Salama, and Igor R. Efimov -- 13. Targeted molecular imaging in cardiology / William C. Eckelman -- 14. In-vivo physiologic evaluation of murine cardiovascular phenotypes / Carla J. Weinheimer. [et al.] -- 15. Quantitative cardiac PET in small animals : technical aspects / Michael J. Welch -- 16. Overview of the potential role of small animal PET / David Stout -- 17. Overview of imaging atherosclerosis / Vardan Amirbekian. [et al.] --

18. Potential targets for imaging atherosclerosis / David N. Smith, Mehran M. Sadeghi, and Jeffrey R. Bender -- 19. Radiotracer imaging of unstable plaque / Lynne L. Johnson -- 20. Atherosclerosis imaging with nanoparticles / Gregory M. Lanza. [et al.] -- 21. Overview of angiogenesis : molecular and structural features / Arye Elfenbein and Michael Simons -- 22. Imaging of angiogenesis / Albert J. Sinusas and Lawrence W. Dobrucki -- 23. Targeted magnetic resonance imaging of angiogenesis in the vascular system / Ebo D. de Muinck and Justin D. Pearlman -- 24. Cardiac sympathetic neuroimaging / David S. Goldstein -- 25. Imaging of beta-receptors in the heart / Jeanne M. Link. [et al.] -- 26. SPECT imaging of cardiac adrenergic receptors / Ignasi Carrio -- 27. Molecular and cellular imaging of myocardial inflammation / David K. Glover -- 28. Echocardiographic imaging of myocardial inflammation / Flordeliza S. Villanueva -- 29. Imaging matrix metalloproteinase expression : applications for cardiovascular imaging / Carolyn J. Anderson -- 30. Multiple roles of cardiac metabolism : new opportunities for imaging the physiology of the heart / Heinrich Taegtmeyer -- 31. PET imaging of heart and skeletal muscle : an overview / Juhani Knuuti -- 32. Single-photon metabolic imaging / Nagara Tamaki and Koichi Morita -- 33. Assessment of myocardial metabolism with magnetic resonance spectroscopy / John R. Forder.